• Drusas@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I appreciate your elaborating.

    I was going to say more until I realized that you and I are using different definitions of ‘toxin’. There is more than one definition and yours is not the one that I was approaching the subject from. To me, a toxin is something that causes disease. But yes, you’re right, a plant is considered toxic for different reasons.

    • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one
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      11 months ago

      What toxin causes disease in a way that capsaicin doesnt at a high enough dose? The only difference between capsaicin and any other toxin is the pathway of activity and dosage. Enough cap will definitely kill you, and it has a well documented list of capsaicin poisoning symptoms.